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Frank Martin was named the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina on March 27, 2012, becoming the 32nd head coach in the history of the South Carolina program.Martin was named the 2017 Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year after leading the Gamecocks to the best season in school history, as the squad advanced to the program's first Final Four and recorded a school record 26 wins

The 2016-17 campaign would go on to be the best season in school history, as the Gamecocks set a school record with 26 wins, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004, posted the first program win in the NCAA Tournament since 1973, and advanced to the school's first-ever Final Four, falling by just four points, 77-73, to Gonzaga in the national semifinals in Phoenix.

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